The “Shelby Mafia” Is Muscling Through a Major New Bank Merger
Sen. Richard Shelby has managed to stock key positions with loyalists across industry and government.
David Dayen
David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. His latest book, “Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power,” was released in July 2020.
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Nancy Pelosi’s Drug-Pricing Talks With the Trump Administration Are About Mediating Fights Between Corporate Interests
Lobbyist Lauren Aronson has been working closely with a top Pelosi aide and in consultation with the Trump administration to find a drug-pricing compromise.
Betsy DeVos Quietly Making It Easier for Dying For-Profit Schools to Rip Off a Few More Students on the Way Out
The Obama administration initially dithered while for-profit colleges preyed on students, but eventually it cracked down on the sector. Not Betsy DeVos.
Wendell Primus, the Most Powerful Staffer in Congress, Represents a Generational Divide on the Left
Wendell Primus's generation of liberals strives not to make the world a better place, but to make it less bad than Republicans want.
How to Think About Breaking Up Big Tech
Whether such policy boldness means anything in a brand-obsessed political landscape will be determined when ballots are cast.
Chuck Schumer Neglected to Name a Democratic Commissioner for the SEC. Now It’s Open Season for Wall Street, Bank Lawyers Crow
The reason for the expected decrease in enforcement has to do with a fatal delay by Schumer to name a minority commissioner.
"She Lied to My Face": Inside the Hectic Last Days of Gymboree's Retail Bankruptcy
The maneuver reveals how in corporate America, the winners at the top can win even in failure -- and nobody else is safe, not even the VPs.
Howard Schultz Hired a Corporate Mouthpiece for His "Centrist" Presidential Campaign
Tucker Warren, who has been running communications for Howard Schultz since January, is also a partner at a PR firm with numerous corporate clients.
Kamala Harris Celebrates Her Role in the Mortgage Crisis Settlement. The Reality Is Quite Different.
The national mortgage settlement was a catastrophe. It’s cruel to its victims to call it anything else.
It Might Be Time for a “War Dogs” Sequel
Ro Khanna warned the Pentagon two years ago that it was being ripped off by a monopolistic supplier. Turns out he was right.